Wikipedia#1 Tip : You can check an author's credibility by going to recent revisions/changes and then click on their name/page and judge their trustworthiness for yourself!
Great site for those new to the changes in media and internet use - their motto - "No grownup left behind!"
Lots of good lessons for teaching students digital citizenship -each lesson has video vignettes of middle schoolers offering their experience and story: Common Sense Media
Sexting -Interactive: Choose what happens next: YouTube
3 Fun and informative Videos for students -digital life, particpation, social media, & privacy issues:
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Database Passwords:
Contact Mr.TGreat blogs & sites for resources on searching:
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/
Tons of Digital Research Tools!!!: http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/
Fact vs. Opinion:
Great interactive slide show: phschool.com
Primary vs. Secondary Sources:
Great defintions and examples of primary and secondary sources (with lesson plans as well): teachinghistory.org
Interactive - students use primary sources to figure out when and where of events: AnnenbergFoundation
Interactive - students determine is commentary or opinion in present in varous forms of documents: Iearner.org
Worksheets - various types from Library of Congress, etc. to help your students analyze primary sources: learner.org
Keywords & Multiple Search Terms:
Lesson on keyword searching: common sense media
Pathfinders:
Over 101 pathfinders - sites collected under a specific subject or search term: media center resources
Taking notes & citing sources:
Sites and tools to curate or collect info./notes to share later: LiveBinders, Evernote or Zotero.
Plagiarism & taking notes:
Avoid Inappropriate Paraphrasing (video) : NMSU
Copyright - don't take what is not rightly yours:
Article - Student ordered to pay $1.5m for illegal game upload: couriermail
Search Engines & Search Tips:
Can search a specific website/ domain for a topic: Google Advanced Search
Search for images, news, websites by use of this image-search: Oolone visual search
History as Videos, images, audio records: Digital Library of America
Wikipedia:
Wikipedia #1 Tip : You can check an author's credibility by going to recent revisions/changes and then click on their name/page and judge their trustworthiness for yourself!
Wiki Watch: will rate the reliability of
the Wikipedia page your using!
Use Wikipedia's lock-system
to see what info. is more reliable.
Shows what is most trusted on Wikipedia!
( -need firefox browser )
Is it rumor or fact!
Check the facts: Fact CheckED
Do they really have a Ph.D.?
Find out: The Chronicle
Fair Use:
Lesson plan with Fair Use handout and video: Common Sense Media
creative commons
Open Source & Public Domain:
Digital Citizenship & Media Literacy:
Lots of good lessons for teaching students digital citizenship -each lesson has video vignettes of middle schoolers offering their experience and story: Common Sense Media
Sexting -Interactive: Choose what happens next: YouTube
3 Fun and informative Videos for students -digital life, particpation, social media, & privacy issues: